Liturgical chant manuscript folium

F-f68k

Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MSS 1600 (NW-F1)

General Information

Title Liturgical chant manuscript folium
Shelfmarks Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MSS 1600 (NW-F1)
Page/Folio Reference f.1r–v
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Western Europe
Script, Hands

Gothic bookhand; rubricated initials in red.

General Remarks

Single folio (membrum disiectum) from a liturgical Office book. Contains consecutive hymns for the feast of the Dedication of a Church (Nova veniens e caelo and Portae nitent margaritis). The back-to-back transmission of hymns suggests origin in a Hymnal, though an Antiphoner is also possible.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Musical notation in black square neumes on five-line red staves with C clef on the third line